The earth is soaked
In memory of Nelson Mandela
The crowds searching
For their moment
Forever in our hearts
A freedom that cannot be reclaimed
By SBNH, 2013-12-10
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
We live with Contradiction
Conflicted
I am
Listening
Live
An unedited history
In this moment
I will focus
On their
Contributions
Sacrifice
Pain
To make me
As I wished as an innocent child
A woman
Free
Conflicted
I am
No more
Wanton greed
Part of this world
Our associations
Cemented
An unsigned
Social contract
Evil
Side by side with
Compassion
We cannot claim
Total
Security
By Simone Beatrice Naik Hagfeldt, also
talking with David Kapp, 2013-12-10.
Friday, December 6, 2013
Phambile! Forward!
We mourn
The death of our hero
We worry
About what the future may hold
We appreciate
The freedoms we battled for
We celebrate
The life of a visionary
We work
To make the world a better place for all
By Simone
Beatrice Naik Hagfeldt, 2013-12-06
In memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, 1918-2013.
An Open Conversation - freedom hard won
If you ask
me
What shapes
me?
I will tell
you
Who I am
Is shaped
by
The light
in your eyes
Our
communion
Truest as
voices free
If I ask
myself
What shaped
me?
I will tell
the world
I am me
As shaped
by self-worth
Built on
being a human being
Kindness
nurtures freedoms liberating
If we are
conversing
Our images
shaped by more than words
We can tell
the world
It is not
just
Black and
white, Man or woman
Able bodied
or disabled, young and old
Ubuntu* reigns
fundamentally
By Simone
Beatrice Naik Hagfeldt, 2013-12-06; Ubuntu in isiXhosa, being human through our
interaction with other people.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Our Hero Gone!
In the distance
I keep a vigil
His last breath
Gone
A leader
We will always remember
Hamba Kahle!
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
The permanent sleep
Found our hero
Reconciliation
You gave new meaning
Our liberation
PEACE
A victory
We will always
Keep
In the loving memory of Nelson Rolihlahla
Mandela, son, father, husband, grandfather, friend, leader and victor!
BY SBNH, 2013-12-05.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Scratching
Bitter
The voice of true reason
Open
The path to informed choices
Sweet
The taste of universal freedom
Powerful
The acceptance of authenticity
Easy
The conversations that connects us
By Simone Beatrice Naik Hagfeldt,
2013-12-03.
Monday, December 2, 2013
A Mother’s Bargain – paying it forward
I am not her
(and)
She is not me
We waged a war
Splitting
Every battle’s victories
She kept a bargain
We never (really) made
Her wage labour
In return
For my
Education
She is not me
(and)
I am not her
We wage a war
Splitting
Every battle’s victories
I keep my deal
In a bargain we never (really) made
Her Education
In return
For my
Life’s labours
By Simone Beatrice Naik Hagfeldt, 2013-12-02.
Yesterday, I did some quick sewing at home and took the time ‘to iron the seams
and do a proper job’. It took me back to my mother behind the sewing machine. How
much energy and effort she put into her work. It made me reflect on how we used
to have this battle of wills. She vowed that we should never be workers on a
factory floor. We used to argue over nothing and everything. Now I am a mother who
can argue with her daughter over nothing and everything. It is also a
realisation that we did not have to work on a factory floor, but it does not mean
the work life is easy or without complications.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Looking on
I’m lost in the language
Of your understanding
Grappling this strangeness
Navigating itself
Through
My firm identity
Consciously aware of my status
A breathing
Living
Questioning
Entity
I navigate
The strangeness of my vision
This disconnectedness
Settles like a stranger
In an unfamiliar shelter
Craving the value of its protection
I yearn
To break down the walls
Creating complete consciousness
Not just
Minor brilliance
I navigate
The void between knowledge and self-awareness
Nothing is ever completely known
We tolerate some level of uncertainty
Consciousness
Seldom leads to complete tragedy
A sense of engagement
Always nurtures
Natural commitment
Much more than
Superficial self-actualisation
By Simone Beatrice Naik Hagfeldt,
2013-11-28.
Conflicted
Identity, place and space
We constantly grapple with
Authenticity, reality and royalty
A daily struggle reinvented
Expectations, dreams and wishes
We nurture relentlessly
Injustices, losses and pain
We like burdens carry
Love, hope and life
Is what keeps us going
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